The client arrives in the emergency room after sustaining a chemical eye injury from a splash of battery acid. The initial nursing action is to:
a) begin visual acuity testing
b) cover the eye with a pressure patch
c) swab the eye with antibiotic ointment
d) irrigate the eye with sterile normal saline
Ans: d) irrigate the eye with sterile normal saline
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